418 HONEY PRODUCTION. 
732. 3d. KevrPiInc THE QUEEN IN THE BROOD APART- 
MENT. If the supers have been put on just previous to the 
opening of the honey crop, with sufficient bait to attract the 
bees in them, there will be but little danger of the queen’s 
moving up into them, unless her breeding room is too much 
cramped by honey, or by the exiguity of the brood nest. 
The condition of the honey crop has something to do 
with her propensity to move out of the brood apartment. 
When the honey crop is heavy, and of short duration, there 
is no danger on this score, as the honey combs are filled as 
fast as they are built, and the 
queen, should she move to the 
super, would soon leave it, owing 
to her inability to lay there. In 
‘localities where the crop is lasting 
and intermittent, much advantage 
has been derived from the use of 
the Collin perforated zinc (191). Fig. 175. 
The only obstacle to its use, is PERFORATED ZINC. 
that it hinders ventilation and free ("rom Root’s ‘‘Gleanings.’’) 
access for the bees. 
733. 4th. SwaRMING WITH COMB-HONEY PRODUCTION. 
As the directions given by us elsewhere (465) do not 
altogether prevent swarming, when comb-honey is raised, 
and as the swarming of a colony usually ends its surplus 
production for the season, it has been found advisable to 
give the surplus cases to the swarm, instead of leaving them 
on the old hive. To further strengthen the swarm, which 
is thus depended upon for surplus, it is placed on the stand 
of the old hive, and the latter is removed to a new location. 
This is a very practical method. It is due to Messrs. 
Heddon and Hutchinson, — at least they have popularized 
it. But the prudent Apiarist, who follows this course, will 
keep a vigilant eye on the old colony, thus deprived of all 
its working force, and will help it, if needed. 
